Should i start running G.F.O.

[Dfrashid]

I would not, I would try to get nitrates up, and Po4 slightly down. I would also lower temp at least another degree.

BTW, are you dosing Kalk? That will help with Po4, Ca & Alk. I would research this and dose appropriately.

No I'm not dosing anything my tank is only 7 weeks young

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Y'all, the tank is less than 2 months old! The parameters listed are fine... The tank is still stabilizing, probably hasn't even been through the uglies yet!
OP, please look at the sticky posts on the forum page and remember that this is a marathon, not a sprint. Nothing good happens fast, and adding things like GFO right now is pointless.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

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[Dfrashid]

Yes .12 ppm phosphates is high. If you are running a fish only, it is only an issue if you have algae blooms. I doubt that soft corals would care and maybe LPS corals wouldn’t either. However SPS corals probably would not like it.

You could run some GFO. Be really careful. A little GFO goes a long way. And it absorbs the phosphates really fast.

When I get high phosphates (not often), I run about a tablespoon or two of GFO on a 300 gallon and that knocks it right back. But what I consider ”high” is far lower than what you have. I rinse the GFO in RODI (It has all sorts of dust) and put it in a small filter sock and stick it into a high flow area in the sump but usually I just toss it into my big filter sock. A reactor is probably better but this works.

Thank you I like the filter soak idea I was always wondering where I'd place it at as of now I have not put the GFO in the tank I want to wait tell the 2 month mark I'm not trying to chase numbers but I'm constantly hearing my phosphate are high then others say it's not that high to where I need to worry I do have corals and I did have 5 fish but woke up to my filefish being caught up in the mp40 I only had him 5 days now I'm waiting for lfs to open to get a guard and hopefully replace the fish with a new one

 

[Spare time]

The refugium is honestly what I want to do but I'm just worried about space how small can I go on the refugium?

If you have a picture of the area I could probably give a better answer

 

[Dfrashid]

If you have a picture of the area I could probably give a better answer

 

[Dfrashid]

Y'all, the tank is less than 2 months old! The parameters listed are fine... The tank is still stabilizing, probably hasn't even been through the uglies yet!
OP, please look at the sticky posts on the forum page and remember that this is a marathon, not a sprint. Nothing good happens fast, and adding things like GFO right now is pointless.

Thank you!

 

[Dfrashid]

Do you dose Kalk? that will help with Po4 better than you would think. It also is great for Ca & Alk and just makes your corals pop and your tank look really good. I would research this and dose appropriately!! Good luck!

I don't dos anything being my tank is only 7 weeks young

 

[Dfrashid]

Y'all, the tank is less than 2 months old! The parameters listed are fine... The tank is still stabilizing, probably hasn't even been through the uglies yet!
OP, please look at the sticky posts on the forum page and remember that this is a marathon, not a sprint. Nothing good happens fast, and adding things like GFO right now is pointless.

Where do I find the sticky notes?

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Go to the top of this page and click "New to Saltwater...".

This takes you to the main page of the New to SW forum... The first section of threads are "stuck" to the top of the list so they are easy to find.

There are stickies in many forums..

 

[Spare time]

Ah yeah a refugium wouldn't work in that space with the skimmer unless it was in a reactor or something.

 

[Spare time]

Just put some gfo in a bag in the sock and run it for a day or two and see where its at. This would fix it.

 

[Dfrashid]

Go to the top of this page and click "New to Saltwater...".

This takes you to the main page of the New to SW forum... The first section of threads are "stuck" to the top of the list so they are easy to find.

There are stickies in many forums..

Thank you